Which of the following vitamin may have an anti infective action: September 2005
Correct Answer: Vitamin A
Description: Ans. C: Vitamin A Known as 'the anti-infective vitamin', vitamin A plays an essential role in protecting your body from infection. It keeps body surfaces healthy so they can act as barriers to invading micro-organisms. Skin and membrane alteration paly explain increased sensitivity to infection during vitamin A deficiency. Even marginal deficits may induce modifications of lung membranes. Vitamin A stimulates and enhances many immune functions including antibody response and the activity of various white blood cells such as T helper cells and phagocytes. This immune-enhancing function promotes healing of infected tissues and increases resistance to infection.
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